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349 2009-08-23 05:15 The air flow is faulted at the 200 inch console.
(Kajsa Peffer)
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348 2009-06-28 03:00 Telescope in a dec limit!
(Kajsa Peffer)
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347 2009-05-05 00:30 Could not open the telescope remotely from the 200 inch.
(Kajsa Peffer)
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346 2009-04-02 22:40 48-inch dome did not close with a blinking green light
(Jean Mueller)
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345 2008-10-02 16:00 Wire bypass in Central Control Unit
(Steven Kunsman)
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344 2008-09-01 08:00 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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343 2008-07-14 21:00 Focus stuck!
(David Rabinowitz)
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342 2008-03-14 08:50 Camera still cooling, filter changed to RG610
(David Rabinowitz)
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341 2008-03-13 09:41 Camera status
(Greg van Idsinga)
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340 2008-02-25 16:27 Camera on pump
(Greg van Idsinga)
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339 2008-02-22 06:31 Camera temps are still high.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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338 2008-02-21 06:45 Update of the camera .
(Greg van Idsinga)
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337 2008-02-14 09:30 Installed Gunn filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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336 2008-01-30 18:17 Camera temps.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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335 2008-01-27 06:11 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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334 2008-01-17 08:00 Installed Gunn Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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333 2008-01-11 06:43 Temps of the camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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332 2008-01-10 17:55 Camera temps.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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331 2008-01-03 06:01 Camera warming up.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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330 2008-01-01 06:31 Camera temps.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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329 2007-12-21 16:30 Telescope ready to operate.
(Steven Kunsman)
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328 2007-12-20 17:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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327 2007-12-11 06:27 Installed RG-610 filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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326 2007-12-09 07:30 Installed Gunn filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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325 2007-11-14 06:30 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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324 2007-11-11 06:20 Installed Gunn Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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323 2007-10-11 06:15 Installed RG-610 filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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322 2007-10-07 06:55 Gunn Filter Installed
(Merle Sweet)
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321 2007-10-04 13:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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320 2007-09-08 13:31 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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319 2007-09-08 06:15 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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318 2007-09-05 06:40 Installed Gunn Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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317 2007-08-24 13:01 Quest camera pumped.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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316 2007-08-13 16:56 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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315 2007-08-03 15:30 Dome Rotation very slow at startup.
(Steven Kunsman)
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314 2007-07-31 16:59 Quest camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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313 2007-07-26 04:30 Camera failure
(David Rabinowitz)
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312 2007-07-21 06:22 Installed RG-610 Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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311 2007-07-18 09:40 Gunn Filter installed.
(Merle Sweet)
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310 2007-07-16 16:41 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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308 2007-07-08 17:20 Vacuum pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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309 2007-07-02 17:16 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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307 2007-06-24 15:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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306 2007-06-12 06:15 Installed RG-610 Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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305 2007-06-09 17:00 Vacuum pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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304 2007-06-09 06:10 Installed Gunn Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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303 2007-05-27 06:05 Quest camera power supply off. NOTE: Back ON 5/27 PM.
(Steven Kunsman)
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302 2007-05-26 17:00 Recycle Camera Power Supply
(Steven Kunsman)
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301 2007-05-22 06:00 Quest electronics off
(David Rabinowitz)
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300 2007-05-21 05:55 Change filter...
(Greg van Idsinga)
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299 2007-05-18 06:00 Filter change....
(Greg van Idsinga)
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298 2007-05-16 16:45 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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297 2007-04-27 17:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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296 2007-04-19 16:45 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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295 2007-04-18 20:30 focus would not change
(David Rabinowitz)
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294 2007-04-16 07:30 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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293 2007-04-13 13:00 Installed Johnson Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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292 2007-03-23 06:37 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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291 2007-03-14 14:33 Quest camera update
(Greg van Idsinga)
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290 2007-03-13 17:45 Quest camera
(Greg van Idsinga)
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289 2007-03-12 17:30 Quest camera
(Greg van Idsinga)
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288 2007-03-06 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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287 2007-02-27 08:15 RG-610 Filter installed and focus adjusted.
(Merle Sweet)
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286 2007-02-18 16:50 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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285 2007-02-17 06:15 Installed gzir filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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284 2007-02-06 16:25 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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283 2007-01-30 06:00 Filters.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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282 2007-01-28 15:00 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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281 2007-01-19 06:10 RA below horizon.
(Steven Kunsman)
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280 2007-01-18 06:31 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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279 2007-01-05 17:20 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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278 2007-01-01 15:25 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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277 2006-12-31 06:01 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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276 2006-12-26 16:10 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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275 2006-12-21 06:07 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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274 2006-12-15 16:23 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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273 2006-12-10 16:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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272 2006-12-02 06:06 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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271 2006-11-30 06:10 Installed rizg filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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270 2006-11-29 04:30 focus control failed
(David Rabinowitz)
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269 2006-11-28 16:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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268 2006-11-19 16:41 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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267 2006-11-08 15:16 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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266 2006-11-03 15:27 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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265 2006-10-24 06:21 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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264 2006-10-22 17:16 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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263 2006-10-13 17:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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262 2006-10-08 17:09 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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261 2006-10-05 10:00 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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260 2006-09-27 06:34 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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259 2006-09-25 23:00 quest camera reading out zeros
(David Rabinowitz)
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258 2006-09-24 21:00 camera data all zeros
(David Rabinowitz)
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257 2006-09-24 16:43 Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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256 2006-09-20 19:20 focus would not change on command
(David Rabinowitz)
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255 2006-09-20 06:10 Installed Johnson Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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254 2006-09-18 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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253 2006-09-08 18:05 Camera pumped today.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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252 2006-09-03 06:10 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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251 2006-08-29 16:51 Quest camera vacuum pump.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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250 2006-08-24 16:17 Filter installed.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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249 2006-08-24 06:05 Installed Johnson Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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248 2006-08-18 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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247 2006-08-11 00:00 QUEST camera failed.
(Ken Lawrence)
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246 2006-08-07 06:15 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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245 2006-08-05 17:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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244 2006-07-26 06:15 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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243 2006-07-21 18:00 Camera Power Supply UPS Failure
(Bob Thicksten)
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242 2006-07-17 06:03 Temps update.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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241 2006-07-16 06:06 Temps are still in the red.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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240 2006-07-15 06:17 Camera is still cooling down.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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239 2006-07-07 13:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera. Long pumpout.
(Steven Kunsman)
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238 2006-07-07 12:30 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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237 2006-07-01 16:42 Pump Quest camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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236 2006-06-28 06:45 Installed Gunn Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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235 2006-06-24 16:10 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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234 2006-06-24 06:10 Installed Johnson Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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233 2006-06-17 22:00 Obtaining double exposures from QUEST
(Ken Lawrence)
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232 2006-06-15 16:45 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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231 2006-06-12 06:05 Numerous bad voltages on Quest camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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230 2006-06-09 16:40 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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229 2006-06-08 06:06 Filter change this morning.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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228 2006-06-03 06:14 Filter Gunn is installed....
(Greg van Idsinga)
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227 2006-06-02 16:32 Camera pumped today....
(Greg van Idsinga)
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226 2006-05-27 06:05 Installed Johnson Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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225 2006-05-25 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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224 2006-05-21 16:33 Pump camera Quest.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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223 2006-05-20 06:31 Temps update.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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222 2006-05-19 22:00 Telescope taking two exporsures per field, some tracking problems.
(Ken Lawrence)
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221 2006-05-19 06:31 Camera temps.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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220 2006-05-17 12:00 Due to disk problems, odata2 has become saturated
(Dan Zieber)
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219 2006-05-15 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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218 2006-05-11 17:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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216 2006-05-09 09:00 Filter changed to RG-610
(Bob Thicksten)
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217 2006-05-09 06:30 Camera Temps High
(Bob Thicksten)
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215 2006-05-07 15:21 Change filter
(Greg van Idsinga)
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214 2006-05-04 06:10 Telescope below horizon.
(Steven Kunsman)
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212 2006-05-02 08:30 Installed Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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213 2006-05-02 08:00 Windscreen was up.
(Steven Kunsman)
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211 2006-04-29 08:00 camera shutdown
(David Rabinowitz)
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210 2006-04-29 06:10 Camera electronics shut itself down.
(Steven Kunsman)
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209 2006-04-28 15:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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208 2006-04-26 07:35 Filter installed.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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207 2006-04-18 16:30 Check_biases returned numerous bad voltages.
(Steven Kunsman)
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206 2006-04-17 06:15 Quest Camera Electronics Power Green Light off.
(Steven Kunsman)
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205 2006-04-13 16:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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203 2006-04-09 07:32 Filter installed
(Greg van Idsinga)
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204 2006-04-08 15:59 Camera pumped.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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202 2006-04-03 07:29 Filter installed.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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200 2006-03-31 01:00 telescope did not respond to setfocus command
(David Rabinowitz)
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201 2006-03-30 07:00 camera dropctr not working
(David Rabinowitz)
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199 2006-03-29 07:33 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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198 2006-03-27 16:11 Camera pumped today....
(Greg van Idsinga)
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197 2006-03-09 12:00 New TCS software installed
(John Henning)
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196 2006-03-07 11:25 TCS floppy drive not working
(John Henning)
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195 2006-03-06 06:10 Installed Rg-610 Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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194 2006-03-03 06:15 Installed Gunn filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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193 2006-03-02 16:00 Vacuum pump Quest camera and hose.
(Steven Kunsman)
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192 2006-02-27 16:27 Camera pumped......
(Greg van Idsinga)
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191 2006-02-27 06:31 Change filter this morning........
(Greg van Idsinga)
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190 2006-02-16 16:41 Quest camera pumped today....
(Greg van Idsinga)
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189 2006-02-11 20:30 QUEST camera malfunction
(Ken Lawrence)
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188 2006-02-07 16:00 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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187 2006-02-06 06:12 Installed RG-610 Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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186 2006-02-03 07:30 Installed Gunn Filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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185 2006-01-29 13:16 Filter installed.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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184 2006-01-21 23:00 QUEST camera stopped functioning.
(Ken Lawrence)
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183 2006-01-12 22:45 "Check mount" error and QUEST camera problem.
(Ken Lawrence)
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182 2006-01-11 06:20 Installed RG-610 filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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181 2006-01-06 06:20 Installed Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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180 2006-01-01 00:00 Telescope pump was off
(Anne Bauer)
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179 2005-12-31 10:30 Recycled AC power to Finger Controller Box per. request of Ann @ Yale
(Merle Sweet)
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178 2005-12-30 09:30 Installed Johnson Filter
(Merle Sweet)
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177 2005-12-29 16:00 Vacuum pump Quest Camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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176 2005-12-27 16:30 Air compressor not getting high pressure to telescope.
(Steven Kunsman)
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175 2005-12-18 01:00 Telescope had tracking errors last night with an message of
(Ken Lawrence)
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174 2005-12-15 16:30 Vacuum Pump Quest Camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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173 2005-12-13 06:15 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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172 2005-12-10 18:00 finger controll needed power cycle
(David Rabinowitz)
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171 2005-12-07 06:11 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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170 2005-12-01 06:30 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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169 2005-11-15 15:45 Quest camera power supply failure.
(Steven Kunsman)
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168 2005-11-07 07:44 Installed filter.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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167 2005-11-05 08:20 Quest 16 cannot be accessed by Yale Group
(Merle Sweet)
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166 2005-11-02 06:15 Installed Johnson Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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165 2005-10-29 16:00 Vacuum Pump Quest camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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164 2005-10-17 06:20 Camera electronics power supply shut down.
(Steven Kunsman)
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163 2005-10-15 06:30 Finished vacuum pump on Quest camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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162 2005-10-14 06:45 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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160 2005-10-10 06:31 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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161 2005-10-09 20:00 telescope controller returned error on stop mount
(David Rabinowitz)
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159 2005-10-07 16:41 Camera pumped this week.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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158 2005-10-04 06:15 Installed Johnson filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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157 2005-09-29 16:30 The Quest camera electronics power supply green light was off.
(Steven Kunsman)
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156 2005-09-27 16:34 Camera pumped
(Greg van Idsinga)
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155 2005-09-21 15:30 Vacuum pump Quest Dewar.
(Steven Kunsman)
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154 2005-09-15 23:45 Telescope not responding to remote commands.
(Mike Doyle)
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153 2005-09-15 06:15 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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152 2005-09-10 15:05 Camera pumped.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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151 2005-09-09 21:35 Observer unable to communicate with Quest 16 computer.
(Merle Sweet)
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150 2005-09-09 11:56 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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149 2005-09-06 21:00 Quest16 was down
(Anne Bauer)
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148 2005-09-04 06:15 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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147 2005-08-30 15:03 Camera pumped.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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146 2005-08-25 08:08 Pump camera.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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145 2005-08-18 07:26 Camera pumping.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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144 2005-08-18 06:51 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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143 2005-08-12 06:05 Installed filter.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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142 2005-08-06 06:20 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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141 2005-08-02 09:45 Update temperatures.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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140 2005-08-02 06:21 Temperatures.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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139 2005-08-01 06:15 Camera temperaturs.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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138 2005-07-31 06:30 Camera temperaturs are in red.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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137 2005-07-28 22:02 dome closed unexpectedly
(Jean Mueller)
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136 2005-07-19 02:40 Dome closed.
(Karl Dunscombe)
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135 2005-07-17 02:55 Dome closed
(Karl Dunscombe)
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134 2005-07-16 15:21 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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133 2005-07-12 16:45 Vacuum pump Quest camera
(Steven Kunsman)
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132 2005-07-11 07:45 Installed Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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131 2005-07-05 06:07 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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130 2005-07-03 05:10 Dome not closing
(Karl Dunscombe)
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129 2005-07-02 22:45 Observed dome lights on in 48-inch from 200-inch catwalk
(Jean Mueller)
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127 2005-06-19 06:07 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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126 2005-06-14 06:15 Installed Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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125 2005-06-10 06:05 Dome shutters open, telescope below horizon limit
(Steven Kunsman)
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124 2005-06-07 10:00 the camera wouldn't power up
(Anne Bauer)
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122 2005-06-04 07:46 Telescope in limits.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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123 2005-06-04 06:30 why telescope hit west limit
(David Rabinowitz)
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121 2005-06-02 06:30 camera would not power up
(David Rabinowitz)
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120 2005-05-31 06:15 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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119 2005-05-25 10:46 Correction filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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118 2005-05-25 08:07 Dome shutters.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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117 2005-05-25 06:45 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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115 2005-05-13 06:30 Installed RG-610 Filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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116 2005-05-12 19:30 finger control needed power cycle
(David Rabinowitz)
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114 2005-05-12 06:15 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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113 2005-04-23 06:40 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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112 2005-04-22 09:00 quest camera power off
(David Rabinowitz)
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111 2005-04-19 16:30 Green light was off at the Electronics Power Supply
(Steven Kunsman)
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110 2005-04-17 09:45 Installed Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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109 2005-04-07 09:16 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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108 2005-04-04 09:00 Short vacuum pump on Quest camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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107 2005-03-31 06:24 Check for water .
(Greg van Idsinga)
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106 2005-03-30 15:01 Check for water .
(Greg van Idsinga)
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105 2005-03-28 08:31 Power up electronics.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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104 2005-03-28 08:23 Water in the tube.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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103 2005-03-28 08:21 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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102 2005-03-24 14:00 Quest camera electronics power supply powered down.
(Steven Kunsman)
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101 2005-03-14 08:29 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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100 2005-02-24 21:00 Quest power supply appears to be not working. (NO GREEN LED)
(Mike Doyle)
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99 2005-02-23 06:30 Began LN2 fill of Quest dewar
(Steven Kunsman)
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98 2005-02-21 11:00 Began long vacuum pump on Quest camera dewar
(Steven Kunsman)
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97 2005-02-19 07:30 Asok is not working according to message from Ken Lawrence.
(Steven Kunsman)
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95 2005-02-17 06:10 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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96 2005-02-13 20:00 Pointy was down
(Anne Bauer)
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94 2005-02-13 09:00 Found Neat PC to be turned off.
(Merle Sweet)
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93 2005-02-08 06:20 Installed the Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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92 2005-02-05 14:15 Tested the "Herbie" alarm system.
(Steven Kunsman)
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91 2005-02-03 17:00 Found PC labelled "Wally" powered off.
(Steven Kunsman)
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89 2005-02-03 06:10 Unable to close dome shutters by computer
(Steven Kunsman)
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90 2005-02-02 07:00 Unable to open the dome shutters from the 200-inch console
(Bob Thicksten)
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88 2005-01-19 08:28 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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87 2005-01-18 07:39 Dome closure.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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86 2005-01-17 08:37 Dome closure.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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85 2005-01-15 15:13 Found dome open.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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84 2005-01-14 14:23 Dome shutdown.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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83 2005-01-12 18:40 telescope would not settle on commanded pointing
(David Rabinowitz)
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80 2005-01-10 06:10 Finished vacuum pump of Quest camera.
(Steven Kunsman)
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81 2005-01-10 06:10 Changed filter to Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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79 2004-12-28 10:30 Vacuum pump Quest camera, short procedure.
(Steven Kunsman)
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78 2004-12-28 07:30 Installed RG-610 filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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77 2004-12-24 07:00 Found telescope at West limit
(Bob Thicksten)
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76 2004-12-21 06:30 quest16 rebooted
(David Rabinowitz)
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75 2004-12-17 18:00 quest16 needed reboot
(David Rabinowitz)
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74 2004-12-17 06:30 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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73 2004-12-16 17:00 quest16 needed reboot
(David Rabinowitz)
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72 2004-12-14 17:40 asok crashed
(David Rabinowitz)
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71 2004-12-14 09:00 CCD C2 now bad
(David Rabinowitz)
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70 2004-12-12 06:15 Installed Johnson filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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69 2004-12-02 22:45 Telescope and Dome stopped following program of operation.
(Merle Sweet)
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68 2004-12-01 10:15 Vacuum pump on Quest camera completed.
(Steven Kunsman)
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67 2004-11-26 06:25 RG610 filter installed
(Steven Kunsman)
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66 2004-11-18 06:20 Gunn filter installed.
(Steven Kunsman)
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65 2004-11-17 17:45 JPL's scheduler starting up during Yale time
(David Rabinowitz)
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64 2004-11-12 06:20 Johnson filter installed this morning.
(Steven Kunsman)
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63 2004-11-10 19:30 Could not get POINTY to Initialize camera.
(Bob Thicksten)
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62 2004-11-10 01:15 NEAT would not initialize tonight
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
61 2004-10-28 13:39 Camera short pumpout.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
60 2004-10-24 21:21 telescope failed to point and track - "dome fault" error
(David Rabinowitz)
details
 
59 2004-10-24 07:43 Dome closure.
(Greg van Idsinga)
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58 2004-10-23 07:30 telescope would not respond to pointing command
(David Rabinowitz)
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57 2004-10-20 07:30 I installed the Gunn filter.
(Steven Kunsman)
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56 2004-10-14 06:10 Installed Johnson filter
(Steven Kunsman)
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55 2004-10-01 12:00 QUEST Camera Status
(D. Rabinowitz)
details
 
53 2004-09-30 20:00 FYI: Observations stopped 8 times. Finally shut down.
(Jean Mueller)
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54 2004-09-28 12:00 Dome Wheel Truck Assembies Rebuilt
(Bob Thicksten)
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52 2004-09-25 11:45 Camera pumped.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
51 2004-09-24 06:20 Found dome open.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
50 2004-09-14 10:06 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
49 2004-09-03 09:00 Adjusted Primary Mirror Radial Supports
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
48 2004-08-25 19:40 communication error message.
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
47 2004-08-16 06:15 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
46 2004-08-16 00:50 Lost connection to asok.
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
45 2004-07-19 21:00 Power Failure
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
44 2004-07-17 07:00 Filer change to Johnson
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
43 2004-07-13 07:30 Dome cored for LN2 hose feed-thru
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
42 2004-07-06 04:00 Tiltmeter Installation Began Today
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
41 2004-07-03 08:55 Filter change.
(Greg van Idsinga)
details
 
40 2004-06-29 06:15 Filter change-Gunn installed
(Steven Kunsman)
details
 
39 2004-06-17 06:15 Filter change to Johnson/Pump Quest dewar
(Steven Kunsman)
details
 
37 2004-06-07 22:30 Dome closure
(Karl Dunscombe)
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36 2004-06-02 15:30 Filter encoding enabled
(John Henning)
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35 2004-06-02 08:30 Will enter telescope tube
(John Henning)
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34 2004-06-01 06:00 S. Kunsman replaced fIlter this morning
(Bob Thicksten)
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33 2004-05-31 07:30 Quest Pumped Today
(Bob Thicksten)
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38 2004-05-17 06:15 Filter change to Johnson/Pump Quest dewar
(Steven Kunsman)
details
 
32 2004-05-15 22:40 2 dome closures tonight
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
31 2004-05-07 11:00 camera reset failure
(David Rabinowitz)
details
 
30 2004-05-06 19:00 48-inch program would not start tonight .
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
29 2004-04-20 03:11 dome prematurely closed ?
(David Rabinowitz)
details
 
28 2004-04-09 20:30 CCD temperatures oscillating - bad ground
(David Rabinowitz)
details
 
27 2004-04-06 10:50 Focus Not Set for RG610 filter
(Steven Pravdo)
details
 
25 2004-03-21 06:00 Dome was still open, telescope not stowed
(Steven Kunsman)
details
 
20 2004-02-20 06:00 no T1 network connection
(David Rabinowitz)
details
 
18 2004-02-15 00:00 System Stoppages on 20040214 and 20040215
(Steven Pravdo)
details
 
19 2004-02-14 23:45 Dome closures
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
22 2004-02-13 23:45 Dome closed for no apparent reason
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
17 2004-02-13 00:00 Dome closed unexpectely around midnight
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
15 2004-01-18 03:00 Script stopped taking exposures.
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
21 2004-01-09 21:20 Remote Program times out without moving telescope
(Dr. Pravdo)
details
 
14 2004-01-09 21:20 Remote program times out without moving telescope.
(Steve Pravdo)
details
 
13 2003-12-28 07:05 Continuous stream of garbage data from Quest camera
(Dave Rabinowitz)
details
 
12 2003-12-18 10:00 QUEST - Low Camera Temperatures
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
11 2003-11-19 05:20 dome closed unexpectedly and green light flashed ~2 minutes.
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
10 2003-08-26 03:00 dome closed right after it opened.
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
9 2003-08-14 06:00 Focus Hub Fault
(Steven Kunsman)
details
 
8 2003-07-27 21:00 P-48 dome closed twice tonight
(Jean Mueller)
details
 
7 2003-07-05 00:45 Temperature is high message
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
5 2003-06-09 20:15 Unable to remotely open 48
(Karl Dunscombe)
details
 
4 2003-05-30 06:00 QUEST Camera Temps at +35 C
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
2 2003-05-28 05:00 Dome did not close automatically
(Dan Zieber)
details
 
3 2003-05-27 19:00 Oschin Telescope - Dome shutters would not stay open
(Bob Thicksten)
details
 
6 2003-03-25 05:00 FYI-CCD 1 temp is ~10 degress lower on average than the other 2 CCDs tonight
(Jean Mueller)
details
 


I've written a few sentences about how this program was put together.

Questions, suggestions, or criticisms? Please let me know.

Questions about observing, logistics, etc at Palomar should be sent to Dan McKenna in the Palomar Office.